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by Pdgmat2010 » Sat Aug 21, 2010 11:04 pm
Cartographers have long struggled with the problem of having the spherical Earth to draw on a flat sheet of paper.

(A) having the spherical Earth to draw on a flat sheet of paper
(B) having a flat sheet of paper on which to draw the spherical Earth
(C) how can one draw the spherical Earth on a flat sheet of paper
(D) how they could use a flat sheet of paper to draw the spherical Earth
(E) how to draw the spherical Earth on a flat sheet of paper

Source: ETS papers

is 'they' in option D ambiguous? according to the sentence, 'cartographers' <plural> is the only subject of the sentence.

if the pronoun is not a problem, then is it the prepositional phrase 'on a flat sheet of paper' the reason to choose the OA over D?
Trying to get my head around [/spoiler]D and E and the OA is E[spoiler ]

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by this_time_i_will » Sat Aug 21, 2010 11:30 pm
First of all, E is concise than D.
Also, D wrongfully gives the impression that the problem was confined only to the cartographers.
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by Pdgmat2010 » Sat Aug 21, 2010 11:44 pm
now that you mention it, i can see it clearly.
how 'they' could do something shows inability on the part of the Cartographers rather than the natue of
the task..

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by pesfunk » Tue Nov 09, 2010 9:07 am
I agree E is correct. However, could someone provide the reasoning why C is incorrect ?
Pdgmat2010 wrote:Cartographers have long struggled with the problem of having the spherical Earth to draw on a flat sheet of paper.

(A) having the spherical Earth to draw on a flat sheet of paper
(B) having a flat sheet of paper on which to draw the spherical Earth
(C) how can one draw the spherical Earth on a flat sheet of paper
(D) how they could use a flat sheet of paper to draw the spherical Earth
(E) how to draw the spherical Earth on a flat sheet of paper

Source: ETS papers

is 'they' in option D ambiguous? according to the sentence, 'cartographers' <plural> is the only subject of the sentence.

if the pronoun is not a problem, then is it the prepositional phrase 'on a flat sheet of paper' the reason to choose the OA over D?
Trying to get my head around [/spoiler]D and E and the OA is E[spoiler ]

experts, pls help
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